Seriously, we should be pushing for buying western, if not American, made networking, computing, etc. devices. And for the same reason that I think that China is doing the RIGHT thing.
Well, you can simply use Google to figure out things. However, I was curious, so I did some of this leg work.
The Soyuz-ST rocket that launches 7.8 tonnes to LEO costs
$61M in 2006. That was just the launch vehicle.
Now, that was just the launch, and that was almost 10 years ago. So, the price is at least 50% more (russian money has appreciated).
In addition, that does not include the costs of the progress itself. That is likely going to double the price. IOW, you are probably looking at 180M or so for a launch.
Now, how much does it launch? 2.3 tonnes. The reality is that it will carry far less due to packing material
And how much does it return to earth? 0.
So, how does it compare to SpaceX? Well, SpaceX takes up more. In addition, it is cheaper. And most importantly, it brings back items. Progress can return NOTHING.
And this is a STEAL compared to the shuttle. Why? Because this needs to go up roughly 4-8 x a year to provide supplies for the ISS. The ISS does not have loads of storage. As such, the shuttle would be going up mostly empty if it was still being used right now. And it would be far too expensive (each mission was about 1500M vs less than 150 million / spaceX F9 with dragon).
Seriously, when companies can threaten like this, it is time for us to disallow things like Comcast/Timewarner, ATT/Direct, but then also break up the monopoly. That means order that all network connections that are in place via limited-place monopolies (such as what cable and dsl providers have) should be regulated. If there is REAL competition, such as 2 or more fibers in place, then all regulations disappear.
Energy density of current Li batteries does NOT limit car sales. All of the car sales currently prove otherwise. The fact is, that as electric cars sales continue, the battery costs and therefore EVs will come down further. And once giga-factory is built, that will only drive down cell costs further (according to musk, it will be about 1/2 to 1/3 of what it is today).
OTOH, oil based cars are only going up in price. So, while EVs are good enough to sell RIGHT NOW, in 5 years time, EVs will be better.
Things that will help FUTURE car sales would be costs by new chemistry, and better longevity. Higher ED would also help, but that improves every year.
So, you think that because I keep suggesting that there should be compromise that leads to REAL gains in dropping CO2, that I must be with the oil companies. eh? And yet, it is trivial to see that I am not a fan of the status quo.
BUT, the real question is, how will you prove that YOU are not a troll? The fact that you want to keep up with status quo, which is to have the far left doing nothing but protesting issues that solve NOTHING, is similar to the neo-cons/tea* continuing to run up deficits. So, using your logic, I can only conclude that you are an extremists that wants things to remain the same.
The servers, routers, etc are NOT coming from America. They are being shipped via China. For example, Cisco does not import the routers and then re-export them to say china, or Venezuela, etc. They are shipped direct.
What I find funny is that so many miss the fact that many backdoors have been found on equipment that was shipped directly from China and not touched by ANY AMERICANS. And yet, we have greenwald and snowden ignoring what is going on with Russia, AQ, China, etc.
Seriously, these companies are gutting themselves trying to figure out how to run up massive profit levels of 20, 50, 100% with enormous executive salaries/bonuses. And yet, here is Tesla who does not advertise ANYWHERE, and yet, they are backed up on sales. So, what do they do? They offer up the service equal to what Rolls Royce used to have, and solving all issues such as expensive batteries, and making long distance charging a none issue (either free, or if you want, you can rent a fully-charged battery that will carry you 2x as far).
GM, and other car companies like MB, Audi, Toyota, etc will never figure out what hit them until it is far too late.
And yet, according to most of the models, the world will be MUCH DRYER, not raining. So, we will see more deserts around the world.
As to floods, well, rivers came about because of floods that cut into the earth and that leads to a constant run-off path. IOW, it will simply create new rivers.
Fukushima happened over the course of a week. Here you are talking about water rising over 100-200 years period. That is trivial for mankind to adjust to.
Well, obviously, you are the one that modded me down and then do not have the courage to even post who you are. Sad (I will in fact, post who I am when I do the same).
Now, with that said, stopping keystone accomplishes NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING. Instead, with a smart compromise, you could have stopped the pollution. In kyoto, the far left allowed China to grow their coal plants like there was no tomorrow. That had to be the STUPIDEST compromise that I have ever heard off. All you did was help move manufacturing from relatively clean west, to a nation that pollutes more than the west has EVER done.
It is long past time for you lefties to get smart. And screaming that you will not compromise is a guarantee that we will continue down the same path.
There are plenty like him:
1) John Walker
2) Vidkum Quisling
3) Aldrich Ames
4) Philby, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess
5) William Joyce
6) Marcus Brutus
7) and Judas
There are plenty like him.
Had he stayed on track about the spying on just America, or even just the west, he would ONLY be a hero. Now, he is both hero and traitor, just like many of the above.
So many are blaming the far right and rich ppl. Yet, I would have to say that it is the far right AND THE FAR LEFT. The left deserves a lot of blame for things. For example, they fight using symbolic gestures, rather than items that will make a difference. Take the case of keystone pipeline. Will it stop CO2 emissions or pollution? Nope. Canada currently transports via train all over north America. Will building the pipeline increase the emissions? Nope (might actually lower it slightly since pipelines are far more efficient than the train). What drives the tar oil is money. The fact is, that Canada will continuing mining it as long as it is economically feasible. And that will continue while oil is about 70/bl.
Instead, the far left should be pushing for a COMPROMISE in which keystone is built, BUT,trade for changes that will lower the demand for oil. Best way is to temporarily subsidize NEW NAT. GAS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, along with stations for CNG and LNG. In addition, modify the subsidies on electric vehicles. Basically, hybrids should not be included, or should have minimal subsidies.
Then we have the far left screaming about America's emissions, while ignoring the fact that China, India, South Africa, Germany, Japan, other nations are building new coal plants. America accounts for less than 15% of emissions, and ours is dropping (both in % as well as in totals). In addition, America will be shutting down a number of coal plants over the next 3 years, and our emissions will likely be 13% or less.
OTOH, China is building loads of new coal plants and accounts for more than 33% of CO2 emissions. In fact, they open up a new one EACH WEEK. And NONE OF THESE WILL BE CLOSED OVER THE NEXT 50 years. And yet, the far left screams that the west, esp. America, is to blame for all of this.
Yet, if America were to stop ALL CO2 emissions, within 10 years, CHina's new additions would equal what America stopped. Yes, they are INCREASING BY an America's worth of CO2 EACH DECADE. That is just insane.
Then add to this the fact that Europe is increasing their emissions as well. They are no longer dropping esp. since Poland and Germany are growing their coal plants.
There are problems, but the real issue is NOT JUST THE WELL KNOWN FAR RIGHT.
It is national leaders that want to cheat and the far left that will allow them to do so.
Assuming you meant the 4 wheel drive one, I have always thought it was a big mistake to quit making those. Instead, they were IDEAL for GM to turn those into serial hybrids. I suspect that they could have gotten an easy 40-50 MPG with that, and had a vehicle that had the largest torque of any passenger vehicle.
I have indirectly worked on the US PAT act (back in mid-2000), and supported the work that we did. However, while I had issues (it was the neo-cons that psuhed for NSA to go un-monitored, so that they would not have to take responsibilities; spineless trash), I had no issue with it being the NSA. They have NO ENFORCEMENT capabilities. They had no branch that allowed them to enforce any laws. I am sorry, but as such, the NSA was NOT breaking the constitution since they could only pass on the information.
NOW, along comes the DOJ and THEY want some of those capabilities. Not only say no, but SAY FUCKING NO!!!!!.
THIS is where the constitution will be breached. Frankly, I am nothing less than shocked that dems would even come up with such insanity. I know that the neo-cons wanted this for the DOJ back then, but were afraid of the dems finding out. BUT, it will not matter WHOM is in office. This will be abused. Most likely not by O, BUT, by the first president in which we ignore this
If you look at the TOTAL number, then a number of cars are selling more. However, they are around the globe, with long established dealers and makers.
BUT, for sales in the same regions, Tesla is not only outselling them, but in a number of places actually outsells all of them COMBINED.
Seriously, German, Japanese, and American car makers have spent a load of time knocking Tesla screaming that they have ZERO chance. In fact, they said that nobody would want a tesla, that it would be an under-performer. Now, Telsa is THE hottest car company going. Ppl are begging for their cars all over the world. And it is forcing other car makers to develop electric cars, even though only Nissan wanted to do that.
Then with spaceX, everybody at ESA, RKA, CSA, etc, along with L-Mart and Boeing said that Falcon 1 would NEVER make it off the ground. Then they said that F9 would never succeed. Then it was that Dragon would never succeed. Yet, SpaceX is THE FASTEST GROWING SPACE GROUP GOING. In fact, they are now launching at about 1 launch / month, and moving to 2 launches/month. That will make them account for about 1/4 to 1/3 of all launches in the world.
NOW, first off, I seriously doubt that anybody with credibility at NASA has said that SpaceX will not succeed at this. BUT, I have no doubt that again, ESA, RKA, CSA, etc, along with L-Mart and Boeing are all thinking(hoping?) that SpaceX can NOT re-use their engines. Yet, one thing about Musk is that he does not work on fantasy. He bases everything on science and engineering. I have absolutely NO DOUBT that SpaceX has ran their engines more than the amount of time required for 40 launches AND LANDINGS. And yes, they then did the inspection. Point is, that they know what is capable.
So, let them all scream that SpaceX can not do it, BUT, note that they will have to deal with a company that will charge about 1/3 of what they do, which will make it very hard for them to compete. And since SpaceX will have this done within 12 months, SpaceX will no doubt have a full decade of most of America's, along with nearly all commercial launches, and almost certainly lunar launches, for the world. The only ones that will not be launched is when other nations ignore treaties and order their companies and gov. to use their own launch system.
Seriously, before Clinton and W gutting federal gov. hiring, they had top notch ppl, AND they were mostly secured. Now, we have spies all over via the contractor programs. Worse, many of them are inept, or brought in from India or China, leading to a serious brain drain.
Tesla being nothing but an electric car is paving the way towards how to have high quality cars. In essence, you make it update-able. Other car makers are going to follow this suit fairly soon.
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They were thinking of needing protection for the bombers. It was clever. Now, I suspect that we will be using drones soon to do the same thing.
Seriously, we should be pushing for buying western, if not American, made networking, computing, etc. devices. And for the same reason that I think that China is doing the RIGHT thing.
Yup. It is a lottery. Just like when the telescope and microscope were invented.
Well, you can simply use Google to figure out things. However, I was curious, so I did some of this leg work. The Soyuz-ST rocket that launches 7.8 tonnes to LEO costs $61M in 2006. That was just the launch vehicle.
Now, that was just the launch, and that was almost 10 years ago. So, the price is at least 50% more (russian money has appreciated).
In addition, that does not include the costs of the progress itself. That is likely going to double the price. IOW, you are probably looking at 180M or so for a launch.
Now, how much does it launch? 2.3 tonnes. The reality is that it will carry far less due to packing material
And how much does it return to earth? 0.
So, how does it compare to SpaceX? Well, SpaceX takes up more. In addition, it is cheaper. And most importantly, it brings back items. Progress can return NOTHING. And this is a STEAL compared to the shuttle. Why? Because this needs to go up roughly 4-8 x a year to provide supplies for the ISS. The ISS does not have loads of storage. As such, the shuttle would be going up mostly empty if it was still being used right now. And it would be far too expensive (each mission was about 1500M vs less than 150 million / spaceX F9 with dragon).
Seriously, when companies can threaten like this, it is time for us to disallow things like Comcast/Timewarner, ATT/Direct, but then also break up the monopoly. That means order that all network connections that are in place via limited-place monopolies (such as what cable and dsl providers have) should be regulated. If there is REAL competition, such as 2 or more fibers in place, then all regulations disappear.
Energy density of current Li batteries does NOT limit car sales. All of the car sales currently prove otherwise. The fact is, that as electric cars sales continue, the battery costs and therefore EVs will come down further. And once giga-factory is built, that will only drive down cell costs further (according to musk, it will be about 1/2 to 1/3 of what it is today).
OTOH, oil based cars are only going up in price. So, while EVs are good enough to sell RIGHT NOW, in 5 years time, EVs will be better.
Things that will help FUTURE car sales would be costs by new chemistry, and better longevity. Higher ED would also help, but that improves every year.
So, you think that because I keep suggesting that there should be compromise that leads to REAL gains in dropping CO2, that I must be with the oil companies. eh?
And yet, it is trivial to see that I am not a fan of the status quo.
BUT, the real question is, how will you prove that YOU are not a troll? The fact that you want to keep up with status quo, which is to have the far left doing nothing but protesting issues that solve NOTHING, is similar to the neo-cons/tea* continuing to run up deficits. So, using your logic, I can only conclude that you are an extremists that wants things to remain the same.
BS. Why do you think that India banned them? Because they found it on their routers that were sent directly from China to India.
Ppl like you are beyond foolish, or are simply Chinese trolls.
The servers, routers, etc are NOT coming from America. They are being shipped via China. For example, Cisco does not import the routers and then re-export them to say china, or Venezuela, etc. They are shipped direct.
What I find funny is that so many miss the fact that many backdoors have been found on equipment that was shipped directly from China and not touched by ANY AMERICANS. And yet, we have greenwald and snowden ignoring what is going on with Russia, AQ, China, etc.
Seriously, these companies are gutting themselves trying to figure out how to run up massive profit levels of 20, 50, 100% with enormous executive salaries/bonuses. And yet, here is Tesla who does not advertise ANYWHERE, and yet, they are backed up on sales. So, what do they do? They offer up the service equal to what Rolls Royce used to have, and solving all issues such as expensive batteries, and making long distance charging a none issue (either free, or if you want, you can rent a fully-charged battery that will carry you 2x as far).
GM, and other car companies like MB, Audi, Toyota, etc will never figure out what hit them until it is far too late.
And yet, according to most of the models, the world will be MUCH DRYER, not raining. So, we will see more deserts around the world.
As to floods, well, rivers came about because of floods that cut into the earth and that leads to a constant run-off path. IOW, it will simply create new rivers.
Fukushima happened over the course of a week. Here you are talking about water rising over 100-200 years period. That is trivial for mankind to adjust to.
Well, obviously, you are the one that modded me down and then do not have the courage to even post who you are. Sad (I will in fact, post who I am when I do the same).
Now, with that said, stopping keystone accomplishes NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING. Instead, with a smart compromise, you could have stopped the pollution. In kyoto, the far left allowed China to grow their coal plants like there was no tomorrow. That had to be the STUPIDEST compromise that I have ever heard off. All you did was help move manufacturing from relatively clean west, to a nation that pollutes more than the west has EVER done.
It is long past time for you lefties to get smart. And screaming that you will not compromise is a guarantee that we will continue down the same path.
There are plenty like him:
1) John Walker
2) Vidkum Quisling
3) Aldrich Ames
4) Philby, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess
5) William Joyce
6) Marcus Brutus
7) and Judas
There are plenty like him.
Had he stayed on track about the spying on just America, or even just the west, he would ONLY be a hero. Now, he is both hero and traitor, just like many of the above.
So many are blaming the far right and rich ppl. Yet, I would have to say that it is the far right AND THE FAR LEFT. The left deserves a lot of blame for things. For example, they fight using symbolic gestures, rather than items that will make a difference. Take the case of keystone pipeline. Will it stop CO2 emissions or pollution? Nope. Canada currently transports via train all over north America. Will building the pipeline increase the emissions? Nope (might actually lower it slightly since pipelines are far more efficient than the train). What drives the tar oil is money. The fact is, that Canada will continuing mining it as long as it is economically feasible. And that will continue while oil is about 70/bl.
Instead, the far left should be pushing for a COMPROMISE in which keystone is built, BUT,trade for changes that will lower the demand for oil. Best way is to temporarily subsidize NEW NAT. GAS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, along with stations for CNG and LNG. In addition, modify the subsidies on electric vehicles. Basically, hybrids should not be included, or should have minimal subsidies.
Then we have the far left screaming about America's emissions, while ignoring the fact that China, India, South Africa, Germany, Japan, other nations are building new coal plants. America accounts for less than 15% of emissions, and ours is dropping (both in % as well as in totals). In addition, America will be shutting down a number of coal plants over the next 3 years, and our emissions will likely be 13% or less.
OTOH, China is building loads of new coal plants and accounts for more than 33% of CO2 emissions. In fact, they open up a new one EACH WEEK. And NONE OF THESE WILL BE CLOSED OVER THE NEXT 50 years. And yet, the far left screams that the west, esp. America, is to blame for all of this.
Yet, if America were to stop ALL CO2 emissions, within 10 years, CHina's new additions would equal what America stopped. Yes, they are INCREASING BY an America's worth of CO2 EACH DECADE. That is just insane.
Then add to this the fact that Europe is increasing their emissions as well. They are no longer dropping esp. since Poland and Germany are growing their coal plants.
There are problems, but the real issue is NOT JUST THE WELL KNOWN FAR RIGHT.
It is national leaders that want to cheat and the far left that will allow them to do so.
Why? 10'? That is nothing for MOST nations. The real issue is not the ocean rise, but the massive change in climate the will be coming.
Assuming you meant the 4 wheel drive one, I have always thought it was a big mistake to quit making those. Instead, they were IDEAL for GM to turn those into serial hybrids. I suspect that they could have gotten an easy 40-50 MPG with that, and had a vehicle that had the largest torque of any passenger vehicle.
I have indirectly worked on the US PAT act (back in mid-2000), and supported the work that we did. However, while I had issues (it was the neo-cons that psuhed for NSA to go un-monitored, so that they would not have to take responsibilities; spineless trash), I had no issue with it being the NSA. They have NO ENFORCEMENT capabilities. They had no branch that allowed them to enforce any laws. I am sorry, but as such, the NSA was NOT breaking the constitution since they could only pass on the information.
NOW, along comes the DOJ and THEY want some of those capabilities. Not only say no, but SAY FUCKING NO!!!!!.
THIS is where the constitution will be breached. Frankly, I am nothing less than shocked that dems would even come up with such insanity. I know that the neo-cons wanted this for the DOJ back then, but were afraid of the dems finding out. BUT, it will not matter WHOM is in office. This will be abused. Most likely not by O, BUT, by the first president in which we ignore this
If you look at the TOTAL number, then a number of cars are selling more. However, they are around the globe, with long established dealers and makers.
BUT, for sales in the same regions, Tesla is not only outselling them, but in a number of places actually outsells all of them COMBINED.
Seriously, German, Japanese, and American car makers have spent a load of time knocking Tesla screaming that they have ZERO chance. In fact, they said that nobody would want a tesla, that it would be an under-performer. Now, Telsa is THE hottest car company going. Ppl are begging for their cars all over the world. And it is forcing other car makers to develop electric cars, even though only Nissan wanted to do that.
Then with spaceX, everybody at ESA, RKA, CSA, etc, along with L-Mart and Boeing said that Falcon 1 would NEVER make it off the ground. Then they said that F9 would never succeed. Then it was that Dragon would never succeed. Yet, SpaceX is THE FASTEST GROWING SPACE GROUP GOING. In fact, they are now launching at about 1 launch / month, and moving to 2 launches/month. That will make them account for about 1/4 to 1/3 of all launches in the world.
NOW, first off, I seriously doubt that anybody with credibility at NASA has said that SpaceX will not succeed at this. BUT, I have no doubt that again, ESA, RKA, CSA, etc, along with L-Mart and Boeing are all thinking(hoping?) that SpaceX can NOT re-use their engines. Yet, one thing about Musk is that he does not work on fantasy. He bases everything on science and engineering. I have absolutely NO DOUBT that SpaceX has ran their engines more than the amount of time required for 40 launches AND LANDINGS. And yes, they then did the inspection. Point is, that they know what is capable.
So, let them all scream that SpaceX can not do it, BUT, note that they will have to deal with a company that will charge about 1/3 of what they do, which will make it very hard for them to compete. And since SpaceX will have this done within 12 months, SpaceX will no doubt have a full decade of most of America's, along with nearly all commercial launches, and almost certainly lunar launches, for the world. The only ones that will not be launched is when other nations ignore treaties and order their companies and gov. to use their own launch system.
Seriously, before Clinton and W gutting federal gov. hiring, they had top notch ppl, AND they were mostly secured. Now, we have spies all over via the contractor programs. Worse, many of them are inept, or brought in from India or China, leading to a serious brain drain.
So, time to restore hiring of decent employees.
Did you bother reading that. It backs up GQ's story. Basically, all she said, after telling GQ one thing, is that it 'felt' like hazing.
the story was from GQ. And paul has a long history of plagiarism.
Can you provide any evidence of this or do you just like spouting gossip?
Rand Paul ABDUCTED Female Student While In College, Tried To Force Her To 'Take Bong Hits,' GQ Article Alleges
Let me guess. You are the WT's personal lobbyists, who is running interference.
Tesla being nothing but an electric car is paving the way towards how to have high quality cars. In essence, you make it update-able. Other car makers are going to follow this suit fairly soon.